Alvin Malnik

Alvin Ira Malnik (born May 23, 1933) is an American businessman and attorney.

Biography Malnik was born May 23, 1933, to a working-class family in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. He attended Clark Elementary School in childhood and graduated from Soldan High School in 1950.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1954. He was in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1954 to 1956 as a Guided Missile Officer and earned the rank of Captain. He actively practiced law until the late 1960s, and has since been engaged in real estate development and finance.

Malnik is a founder of such institutions as the University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mount Sinai Medical Center and is a sponsor of the Founders Society of the University of Miami, as well as the Al & Nancy Malnik Family AML Research Fund. He has received several honors from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Jay Weiss Research Center at the University of Miami, School of Medicine, and the Make a Wish Foundation. The Forge is the second oldest restaurant in South Florida, and is a recipient of the International Grand Master Wine Award. with whom he had four children before their divorce. In 1995, he married Nancy Gresham with whom he has six children. His son, Mark "Shareef" Malnik, is married to Gabrielle Anwar.

In a 2011 interview, filmmaker Brett Ratner stated that he "really didn't know" his biological father, and considers Malnik to be his father.